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Kiswahili Vocabulary

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kununu la mawele
kunusa
smell something
  1. sense of smell
  2. smell out
  3. sniff
kunusi
-kunutu
kunwamaji
kunya
excrete
  1. urinate
-kunyaa
ku-nyaka
kunya mavi defecate
kunyamaza
kunyambua kitenzi
kunya mvua rain
kunyangʼanya
kunyangʼanyia
grab
  1. snatch
kunyanyua na kuzunguka lift and rotate
kunyanzi
crease
  1. fold
  2. wrinkle
  3. wrinkled
kunyanzi,mkuto
kunyapa
walk stealthily
  1. creep
  2. stalk
kunyasi
-kunyata
press
  1. squeeze
  2. crouch
kunyauka
wither
  1. shrivel
kunyemelea
creep
  1. walk stealthily
  2. stalk
kunyenyekea humble oneself
kunyesha rain
kunyesha kwa mvua ndogondogo drizzle
kunyeta
tease
  1. annoy
kunyima
keep back
  1. withhold
  2. withhold from
kunyoa shave
kunyoa nywele
kunyonga strangle
kunyongʼonyea itchy
kunyonya
suck
  1. suckle
kunyonyesha breastfeed
kunyonyoa pluck feathers
kunyooka straight
kunyoosha
kunyosha
stretch
  1. straighten
  2. make straight
-kunyua
warn
  1. give a sign
  2. scratch oneself
  3. hurt oneself
  4. cut oneself
kunyudza suck
kunyumbuka
glutinous
  1. be elastic
  2. flexible
kunyunyiza sprinkle
kunyunyizia sprinkle
-kunywa drink
kunywa
drink
  1. suck
  2. smoke
  3. quaff
  4. guzzle
  5. gulp
  6. booze
  7. fuddle
  8. eat
  9. take
  10. tipple
kunywa kidogo sip
kunywa kwa vitanga
-kunywa sharubati eat sherbet
kuo
furrow
  1. pit
  2. ditch
  3. trench
  4. seedbed
  5. furrowed
  6. hole
kuoa
marry
  1. wive
  2. join
  3. conjoin
  4. get married
  5. espouse
  6. wed
kuoa wake wawili au zaidi polygamy
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